Current Events > Cuomo on allegations: Harassment is not making someone feel uncomfortable

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/cuomo-allegations-against-him-harassment-not-making-someone-feel-uncomfortable-n1267315

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday pushed back against allegations that he sexually harassed a staffer by suggesting harassment is in the ear of listener and the intentions of the alleged harasser. Harassment is not making someone feel uncomfortable that is not harassment. If I just made you feel uncomfortable, that is not harassment. Thats you feeling uncomfortable, Cuomo said. Cuomo has been hit with over a half-dozen sexual harassment allegations from different women, including staffers, since March. The governor has denied touching anyone inappropriately, but acknowledged that he may have acted in ways that made people feel uncomfortable. He initially said that was unintentional and apologized, but has more recently said he'd done nothing wrong.

Cuomo has said repeatedly he will not resign, despite calls for him to step down from the bulk of New York's congressional delegation and dozens of state legislators. Bennett's lawyer, Debra Katz, called Cuomo's remarks "jaw dropping." "For someone who signed the law defining sexual harassment in New York State, and who claims to have taken the states mandated sexual harassment training every year despite Ms. Bennett seeing someone else take it on his behalf, Gov. Cuomo continues to show an alarming degree of ignorance about what constitutes sexual harassment," Katz said in a statement. She pointed to the New York State Equal Employment Opportunity Handbook, which says sexual harassment "consists of any unwanted verbal or physical advances, sexually explicit derogatory statements or sexually discriminatory remarks made by someone which are offensive or objectionable to the recipient, which cause the recipient discomfort or humiliation." Bennett tweeted after the remarks that it "is very simple: the issue is about his actions, it is not about my feelings. He broke the law (you know, the one he signed). Apologies dont fix that, and neither do denials."



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Cuomo doesn't fuck around.

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This is literally the "it's not my fault you got offended" defense, plus minimizing harassing behavior.

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Oh shit Cuomo what are you doing, this had almost completely blown over and now you're giving the media prime soundbites to play over and over again.

Lebronwon posted...

Harassment is not making someone feel uncomfortable that is not harassment. If I just made you feel uncomfortable, that is not harassment. Thats you feeling uncomfortable,

the interesting thing is that he is not fundamentally correct but at the same time he is basically parroting a major trump supporters' universal talking point verbatim. I don't know what to think of this but I don't have a horse in this race so I'm intrigued to see where it goes.

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TheDurinator posted...

Oh shit Cuomo what are you doing, this had almost completely blown over and now you're giving the media prime soundbites to play over and over again.

thats the problem - he shouldnt get a pass just cause hes every white 50 something progressives wet dream.

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chrono625 posted...

thats the problem - he shouldnt get a pass just cause hes every white 50 something progressives wet dream.

Progressives aren't the ones defending Cuomo here

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TheDurinator posted...

Oh shit Cuomo what are you doing, this had almost completely blown over and now you're giving the media prime soundbites to play over and over again.

I had been wondering what was going on this story. Sadly, I won't be surprised if he gets off scot-free.

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NinjaWarrior455 posted...

Progressives aren't the ones defending Cuomo here

not from what Im seeing. I live in NYC.

the right has hated cuomo forever and during covid hated him more. The senior citizen debacle and now this. Theyve chewed him up. Where as the left has been careful to not outright defend him but deflect these accusations with the factthat he saved New York during the pandemic!.

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